Familiar essays and columns

7 books

A Miscellany of MenG. K. Chesterton · 1912A 1912 collection of essays by G. K. Chesterton, each examining a different type of man or social figure, from the suffragist and the journalist to the miser and the fool, in essays blending social commentary and argument.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Alarms and DiscursionsG. K. Chesterton · 1910A 1910 collection of essays by G. K. Chesterton covering miscellaneous topics such as art, newspapers, cheese, dukes, futurists, and country life, introduced by a meditation on gargoyles and the meaning of the grotesque in art.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Chimney-Pot PapersCharles S. Brooks · 1919A 1919 collection of humorous personal essays by Charles S. Brooks, illustrated with woodcuts by Fritz Endell. The pieces reflect on everyday city life and small pleasures, opening with the author's observations of his neighbors and rooftops from his city windows.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Last Essays of Maurice HewlettMaurice Hewlett · 1924A 1924 posthumous collection of essays by Maurice Hewlett, reprinted from various periodicals. The pieces cover travel and family recollection, rural English life, literary criticism and literary history, and reflections on art, poetry, and famous European figures.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Spare HoursJohn Brown · 1858A collection of essays and stories drawn from the "Horae Subsecivae" of John Brown, a Scottish physician, first gathered in this American edition in 1861. The pieces include the noted story "Rab and His Friends" along with sketches of people, dogs, books, and professional acquaintances.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

The Autocrat of the Breakfast-TableOliver Wendell Holmes · 1858A collection of conversational essays by Oliver Wendell Holmes, first published in 1858, presenting the musings of a talkative boarder who dominates discussion at a boarding-house breakfast table.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Virginibus Puerisque, and Other PapersRobert Louis Stevenson · 1881This philosophical essay examines the modern anxieties and realities of marriage and love. The author explores the pitfalls of commitment, the erosion of friendship, and societal expectations surrounding romantic unions.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية